This group devoted to the music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods (sometimes called "early music or Pre-baroque).

Welcome to the Medieval and Renaissance Music Group!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The term medieval music encompasses European music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Establishing the end of the medieval era and the beginning of the Renaissance is admittedly arbitrary; 1400 is used here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_musicRenaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 - 1600. Defining the beginning of the era is difficult, given the lack of abrupt shifts in musical thinking during the 15th century. The process by which music acquired "Renaissance" characteristics was a gradual one, and musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music

Medieval artist: Jan Van Eyck's Rolin Madonna

The discovery of linear perspective, usually credited to Filippo Brunelleschi and the artists of the Florentine Renaissance, has long been presented as one of the great accomplishments of western art. According to conventional wisdom, this discovery marks the beginning of a mature art, an art that shows things as they really are, as opposed to the primitive art of the middle ages.

Furvus - "DEFLORESCENS IAM ROBUR" A magniloquent Pagan soundtrack dedicated to the unforgivable decline of the Roman Pagan culture which embraces stylistically but synthetically a millennium of music (from the martial compositions of the Imperial Rome up to the late Renaissance), travelling over pure ambientalistic moments of Communion with the Great Mother. Originally released in 1999 by Beyond Productions, and for years sold-out, this remastered reissue by Mvsa Ermeticka is enriched by a totally re-newed and new artwork + extra contents here presented for the first time (lyrics, exegesis, curiosities, etc). Digipack + 28 pages booklet + CD. Limited to 950 copies One free download and some excerpts here: http://www.lastfm.it/music/Furvus/Deflorescens+Iam+Robur

Hello, dear group friends of "Medieval and Renaissance Music"! - Welcome also to the UNPLUGGED group.
That's a global group for medieval music, renaissance music and all other kinds of unplugged music. If you like it so well, come to empathize!

Ladies and gentlemen, (who are interested in gloomy music), especially for you, I recently created a group of "Gloomy music". I look forward to your recommendations. Thanks in advance. Good luck to you. http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Gloomy+music

Too much spam - agreed. If anyone else feels this group is in danger of being trodden in the mire for lack of moderation, PM me. If there are more than two of us willing to administrate, we can start a new group to cover the same ground <i>without</i> the spam.